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Autore |
Murray William Michael |
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Titolo |
The age of titans [[electronic resource] ] : the rise and fall of the great Hellenistic navies / / William M. Murray |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2012 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-991278-5 |
0-19-938225-5 |
1-283-42374-X |
9786613423740 |
0-19-990963-6 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (385 p.) |
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Collana |
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Onassis series in Hellenic culture |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Naval history, Ancient |
Naval art and science - Greece - History |
Greece History, Naval |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction : understanding the big ship phenomenon -- Frontal ramming and the development of "fours" and "fives" -- Frontal ramming : structural considerations -- The development of naval siege warfare -- Philo the Byzantine and the requirements of naval siege warfare -- Big ships, boarding, and catapults -- The culmination of the big ship phenomenon -- The end of the big ship phenomenon. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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'The Age of Titans' examines how heavy warships crewed by thousands of men developed from the agile triremes so popular during the Greek Classical Age. |
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